Rail-joint.



A. l. DYCK.

RAIL JOINT.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 2o. 1918. 1,291,803. Patented Jan. 21,1919.

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ABRAHAM JACOB DYCK, or DUNELM, sAsKATCriEwAN, CANADA.

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To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM JACOB DYCK, a citizen of Canada, residing at Dunelm, in the Province of Saskatchewan, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail- Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in rail joints andmore particularly to that type' of rail joint in'which neither nuts not bolts are employed. One object of the invention is to provide a rail joint that will preventy rail spreading as well as longitudinal creeping of the rails. A further object is to provide a joint that is simple in construction, of few parts, cheap to manufacture and efficient in operation. With the foregoing and other objects in View the invention consists in' the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification and in which- Figure l is a plan View of my improved rail joint illustrating its application Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a cross section taken 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a cross section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of one plate employed.

Fig. 7 is a similar view of another plate employed.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary View of a rail recessed terminally to receive one form of locking element I employ in a slightly modied form of the joint.

Fig. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view through the modified form of joint illustrating its application.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the form of plate used in the joint illustrated in Fig. 9.

Fig. 11 is a cross section through Fig. 9.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The reference numerals 1, 2 denote the meeting ends of two railway rails which are to be connected by my improved rail joint. My rail joint comprises a major plate 3 and a minor plate 4, two minor plates being on line Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 20, 1918.

Patented J an. 21, 1919. Serial No. 235,579.

used for each major plate'employed. Each major plate comprises a base portion 5 one end of which terminates in the laterally eX- tending wings 6 formed with the perforations 7 to receive the retaining spikes 8 that clamp the plate to the tie 9. The base portion 5 of the major plate extends beneath the railway rail upon the tie and is integral with the obliquely disposed lip flange 10 which is adapted for engagement with the flange of the rail, said lip flange 10 terminating in a vertically disposed supplementary flange 11. In the form of rail joint illustrated in Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive of the drawings the supplementary flange 11 is adapted for engagement with the fish plate 12 which lies flat against the web of the rail and is provided with the integral lugs 18 adapted for insertion in the web perforations 14. Coperating with the major plate 3 are the minor plates 4 each of which comprises a base portion 15 formed with the spike-receiving perforations 16 and adapted to be secured by spikes 8 to the tie 9. The base portion 15 is integral with the lip flange 17, obliquely disposed, which terminates in a vertically disposed supplementary flange 18 which, when the joint is assembled, engages with another fish plate 19 disposed flat against the web of the rail, the lip flange 17 engaging with the flange of the rail. The flange 11 of the major plate and the flange 18 of the minor plate are positioned upon opposite sides of the railway rail, one minor plate being disposed inwardly from each wing 6 of a major plate and spaced away slightly therefrom and spikes 8 driven between said members serve to secure them to the ties 9.

In Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11 I illustrate a slightly modified form of rail joint in which very few parts are employed. I dispense entirely with the fish plates 12, 19 and instead of perforating the rail webs I form the rail web terminals with the recesses 20, which recesses are small at their mouths and relatively large at their inner terminations. lVhen two rail ends come together the-recesses in their webs register and form, substantially, a slot having enlarged ends and a contracted central portion. For engagement with the recessed rail portions 20 I provide the supplementary flange 11 of the major plate with a lug 21 having enlarged ends and a contracted centra] portion to correspond with the slot formed by the alined recesses 20 in the railweb ends rail web and the enlarged ends vented.

rlhe spikes 8 driven between the wings 6 and the adjacent minor position after the other driven to secure the The spikes coming be- 6 and the minor plates drive or wedge said minor plates into enu gagement with the rail web and afford positive means of retaining the lugs 13 in engagement with the perforated portions 14 of the major plate plates are placed in spikes 8 have been plates to the tie. tween the said wings of the rail; said spikes, in other words wedge between two movable parts to clamp them upon the rail.

What is claimed is 1. In a rail joint, a major plate comprising a base portion terminating in laterally disposed wings, an obliquely tegral with said lip flange integral with said last major and minor plates.

Q. ln a rail joint, a major plate posed supplementary said lip disposed lip flange integral with said base portion, a ver'- tically disposed supplementary7 flange inflange, a minor plate comprising a base portion, an obliquely disposed lip flange integral with said base portion, a vertically disposed supplementary named lip flange, fish plates adapted for engagement with said supplementary flanges andthe web of the rail, and fastening means for said comprising a base portion disposed beneath the rail and terminating in laterally disposed wings, an obliquely disposed lip flange integral with said base portion, a vertically disflange integral with flange, minor plates -comprising base portions disposed beneath the rail, one minor posed supplementary flanges integral with fishplates adapted for ensaid supplementary flanges the rail, and fastening means said lip flanges, gagement with and the web of i for said major and minor plates.

of railway rails enlarged, of a major plate comprising a portion disposed beneath the rail obliquely disposed nientl with the rail flanges,

the major plate, tegral with the bases ment with the rail web.

disposed wings for carried by plates In testimony DSSSGS.

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plate being disposed inwardly from each lateral wing of said major plate, obliquely with the base vertically disdisposed lips Jformed integral portions of' said minor plates,

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3. 1n combination with the meeting ends having'alined recesses in their webs, the ends of said recesses being base and terminating in laterally disposed gwings, anV

lip flange integral with said base portion and adapted for engagea vertical supplementary flange integral with said lip llange for engagement with the rail web, terminally enlarged and centrally contracted lugs integral with said supplementary .flanges and adapted to register with the alined recesses in said rail webs, minor plates comprising base portions disposed beneath the rail, one minor plate being disf posed inwardly from each lateral wing of obliquely disposed lips inof' said minor plates, and a supplemental flange terminating each of said last named lip flanges for engagel. ln a rail joint, a major plate, laterally said major plate, a minor plate disposed inwardly from each wing of each major plate, rail-end engaging means said major plate, and means adapted to wedge between said wings and the contiguous minor plates whereby said may be clamped against the rail ends, said rail-end engaging means being posithat l claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing Wit- 

